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Templier, Raymond (French, 1891-1968); b. Paris
FRANCE, Club Alpin Français, c. 1930, a light bronze Art Déco award medal by R. Templier, symbolic bust left, regarding a rock-face, rev. pick-axe and support rope, tablet below, named (Jean Karcher), 70mm, 162.26g (cf. DNW 49, 1073). Extremely fine; in original maroon case of issue £30-£40
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.
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bt J. Lis, September 2006
Jean Karcher was a member of the Section des Pyrénees Centrales division of the Club, and contributed some lewd poetry to a publication describing their activities in 1926-7. The Club Alpin Français, founded on 2 April 1874 by Abel Lemercier (1819-93), was subsumed under the banner of the Fédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne in 2005.
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